商务英语选读试卷.doc

商务英语选读试卷I. Translate the following words and expressions:(10%) (i) From English into Chinese:1. intellectual property 2. economic globalization 3. trade credit account 4. common carrier 5. grace period (ii) From Chinese into English:6. 关税壁垒 7. 起运港 8. （汇率）间接标价 9. 资本市场 10. 反倾销 II. Match the words and expressions on the left with the explanations on the right:(5%)（ ）11. infrastructure a. to restrict ones economic activities to certain particular fields（ ）12. drawback b. a person who carries on insurance as a business（ ）13. underwriter c. Large-scale public services, such aswater and power supplies, road, rail and radio communications, etc. needed to support economic activities, esp. industry, trade and commerce（ ）14. specialization d. to keep fixed or unchanged（ ）15. peg e. duties paid on imported goods that are refunded when re-exported III. Make brief explanations of the following terms and give the full name of the abbreviation in English:(20%)16. free trade area17. joint venture 18. opening bank 19. indemnity 20. BOT IV. Fill in each of the following blanks with an appropriate word from the list (You can only choose 10 from the following 12 words in the square):(10%)motives which carried penetration over costs long-term conclusion contrast securities by tooForeign investment is of two kinds, portfolio investment and direct investment. Portfolio investment is a kind of investment in (21) the investor does not exercise any managerial control. The investor either holds foreign bonds or other non-equity (22) which do not confer ownership rights or the investor holds stock shares (or other equities) in a foreign company in an amount (23) small to exercise any managerial control. In (24) , foreign direct investment is a (25) equity investment in a foreign company that gives the investor managerial control (26) that company. Foreign direct investments are mainly (27) out by multinational corporations. Surveys and cases studies indicate that their common (28) for making foreign direct investments are based on strategic considerations involving market (29) , technological know-how, reducing (30) of distribution and transportation, labor, raw materials and political factors.V. Translate the following into English:(25%)31. 信用证不能给缔约双方提供绝对的安全。32. 还盘可以针对发盘中的价格，付款条件，装运时间或其它条款提出。33.国际贸易术语解释通则的目的在于为外贸业务中使用最普通的贸易术语提供一套国际解释通则。34. 国际商务比国内商务涉及的因素更多，因而更复杂。35. 期权是一种合同，这种合同给予在特定时间内以商定价格买进或卖出某种证券的权利。VI. Translate the following into Chinese:(15%)36. Documentary collection is a means of payment ensuring that the goods are only handed over to the buyer when the amount shown on a bill of exchange is paid or when the customer accepts the bill as a contract to pay by a specified date.The exporter sends the bill of exchange and the shipping documents to his bank, which forwards them to a bank in the customers country. This bank, or the exporters agents in the country concerned, takes the documents to the customer. If it is a sight bill, the customer pays the amount directly. If it is a time bill, he signs the bill, which means he has “accepted” it for payment within a certain specified time. In return for either payment or acceptance of payment, the customer is handed the shipping documents which give title to the goods.VII. Answer the following questions in English:(15%)37. What are the factors that decide the types of documents require for a particular transaction?（7分）38. Is an enquiry binding on the enquirer? What is a first enquiry, and what information should be given in it?（8分）标准答案I, i 1. 知识产权2. 经济全球化3. 宽限期4. 公共承运人5. 贸易信贷往来账户ii 6.tariff barrier 7. port of shipment 8. capital market 9. indirect quote 10. anti-dumping II. c e b a dIII. 16. Members of a free trade area removes barriers to the flow of goods and services among themselves while each member still adopts its own policy as regards to trade with outsiders. 17. It is a business where the provision of risk capital is shared between two or more firms 18. It is the bank that issue the letter of credit 19. It holds that a contract of insurance is one which restores a person who suffered a loss into the same position as he was in before the loss occurred. 20. t is a popular variant of the turnkey project where B stands for build, O for operate and T for transfer. For a BOT project, a firm operate a facility for a period of time after building it up before finally transferring it to a foreign company.IV. 21. which 22. securities 23. too 24. contrast 25. long-term 26. over 27. carried 28. motives 29.penetration 30. costsV. 31. A letter of credit cannot offer absolute security to the contracting parties. 32. A counter-offer may be made in relation to the price, terms of payment, time of shipment or other terms and conditions of the offer. 33. The purpose of Incoterms is to provide a set of international rules for the interpretation of the most commonly used trade terms in foreign trade. 34. International business involves more factors and thus is more complicated than domestic business. 35. Options are contracts giving the right to buy and sell a security at an agreed price within a particular period of time. VI. 跟单托收是一种付款方法，当货物汇票所示金额付清后，或客户承兑汇票作为指定日期付款的契约时，货物才交给买方。出口商把汇票和货运单据交给他的银行，该银行再将汇票和单据交给客户国家的银行。该银行或出口商在有关国家的代理把单据交给客户。如果是即期汇票，客户便直接支付。如果是远期汇票，他在汇票上签字，意思是承兑该汇票，在指定时间内付款。不管是付款还是承兑，客户只要这样做了就拿到了代表货权的单据。VII. 37. There are several factors such as the nature of the deal, the term of delivery, the type of commodity, stipulations of credit, regulations and practices in different countries, etc.38. An enquiry is made without engagement on the part of the enquirer. In case of a first en